1) To conclude the treaty on the basis defended by Krasin.

2) Send immediately a note with a rather impudent and detailed refutation of all Kerzon's accusations.

3) Oblige Sokolnikov to create an unintentional Khoras[an] Soviet republic by spring2.

4) Send special ambassadors to Baku and to Tashkent to explain to them that it is necessary to continue to attack the British imperialism even more strongly, but not on our behalf, but on behalf of Azerb[aijan] and Bukhara, never to say anything about it in notes and letters.

5) To oblige the Organizational Bureau to strengthen the apparatus of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs with 2-3 more very well-trained and consp[irable] party workers within a week.

6) In every note confirm, secretly and openly, that the ambassadors are obliged to see to it that nothing is done against England.

7) To communicate henceforth everything hostile to England only in a special cipher, which the ambassadors are not entitled to let any secretary decipher, but must decipher personally.

8) To inform all Eastern nations, but only verbally through ambassadors, without a single piece of paper, that we will cheat England.

9) To mention, among the countries of interest to us, the Caucasus, Armenia and, if possible, the Western countries.

Fond 2, op. 2, d. 1292 - autograph.

1The draft resolution V.I.Lenin introduced at a meeting of the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) on January 26, 1921; the following resolution was adopted: "a) To conclude a trade agreement with England on the basis defended by Krasin. b) To include among the countries of special interest to us, both all the countries of the Caucasus, including Armenia, and all the Western states that were part of the former Russian Empire, with special motivation for the protection of independence and self-determination etc.c) To try to make special reservations on the recognition of the independence of three of the four states mentioned by England, i.e. Afghanistan, Persia and Asia Minor, d) To determine some details of the foreign policy of Turkestan and neighboring countries, to create a commission consisting of Volodymyr Sokolnikov, Chicherin and Stalin" (RCCHIDNI, f. 17, op. 2, d. 56, l. 2).

The note of the RSFSR government to the British government was sent on February 4, 1921 (see: Documents of Foreign Policy of the USSR. Moscow, 1959, vol. III, p. 501-506).

The trade agreement between the RSFSR and Great Britain was concluded in London on March 16, 1921 (see: ibid., pp. 607-614).

2It refers to the historical area in the northeast of Iran - Khorasan, bordering Afghanistan in the east and Turkestan in the north.